The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-11-19

is agan, is well az the terms of
llhe members, being agitated, ana
fthere are numberloss advocates III
the affirmative, while Oh The other
hand, the dissentients can ID
counted On ones fingers. have
vet 70 see 4 convincing reason why
Congress should meet, as il does
at present, thirteen months after
the election of its members, but,
On the contrary, there arc many
grave objections q the system
now IN vogue, among which | may
mention that Congressman should
come fresh from the people; that
their Successors should not be
elected until the mcumbents
serve out their first term; that
tho present custom ii antagonistic
to the progressive spirit Of the
age. Congress now meets on the
first Monday in December, and
before that body gets fairly %
work, an adjournment for the
holidays n inorder Why should
not Congressman, like most other
elective oifcials, begin Their duties
Oh The first of the year and be
paid per aunum.
The theory Of States RIGHT has
certainly received substantial en
couragomcnt from tho decision Of
tho United Statcs Supreme Court
ii The Chicago Anarchist cases,
and | doubt not, If such thing
DC possible, that the spirit of the
great Calhoun lowered iubilantly
over the historical aud eyentful
scene that ii d measure indicated
the constitutlonality 81 his dis
tinctiye doctrine Of the reserved
rights Of tile States il the Federal
compact. But, however that may
be, ! believe the verdict, % its
merits, is generally applauded as
just and righteous.
a young newspaper correspond
ent Of this city took advantage Of
The occasion 10 send sham '.ln-
fernal machine to Chief Justice
mixing the impression
that il was d scheme Of the friends
ol The Anarchists, for revenge On
the Court. The reckless youth
made d sensation III the Capital,
but the sequel was bib confinement
in the gloomy call of the police
station until bailcd out.
Earlier i'll tho past week, wash
! ington had another sensation III
; the shape Of d cholera scare, caus-
ed BY two Italian suspects from
New York, who, together witt
their effects, were given fumiga-
ton and permitted TO depart II
any moro ships supposed to b'
infected with cholera arrive il
New York harbor, the Govern
meut VIII uuceromonionsly ordci
them back from whence thc5
came.
"A Tleasmy clerk has caused ~
/ little perturbation III That depart
ment BY inyentiilg d new count
) ing machine-whlch, If it work
!, as successfully as the experimeu
+ promises, will DO The work 0f 81,
III persons better than they can i,
j ii. And that i what carries sor
row to the souls Of the chamnin,
scountesses" q large number q
whom ard operating the oil
] machine ata compensation Of fron
I $50 ID ~ per day Nor viii th
enteiprising inventor be beuelitte'
j pecuniariIy. as he invented th
! machine while ID Goyernnaep
I service. So ho gets not q cen
: for his ingenuity.
Tho air Is full Of rumora c
coming Cabinet changes whethc
unfounded Or not your correspor
dent is unable to say-to Tia
effect that upon the transfer B
! Secretary Lamar to the Suprcm
o Bench, Postmaster General VIII
Y viii occupy the vacancy, Will
# the Wisconsin statesman viii b
o succeeded by Don NJ. Dickinson
# of Michigan. On the other hanC
n it is said to be the President
&c purpose to appoint prominer
l. Union General as Mr. Lamar
n successor, and il this be true,
d believe lis choice will fall upo
d Gen. John G. Black. Commission
Ie er of Pensions.
J. Queen Victoria is now sixty
a eight, and has reigned fifty year